The spread of the corona 19’third pandemic’ in Korea is seldom subside.
Although the number of new confirmed cases has already met the three-step criterion (over 800 to 1,000 people nationwide, or if there is a rapid increase such as doubling), which is the highest level of’social distancing’, the government considers the enormous social and economic damage. I’m thinking over and over again.
The government is making efforts to deter Corona 19 through supplementary measures such as filling the blind spots of quarantine in the current step 2.5.
Starting today (19th), the operation of the’Hold’em Pub’ (a tavern where you can enjoy card games while drinking alcohol), which was considered a representative blind spot, will be suspended for 10 days.
According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters (Bang Daebon), as of today 0 o’clock, the number of new corona 19 confirmed in Korea was counted as 1,53.
Following the last 16-18 days (1,78 → 1,14 → 1,62), it crossed the 1,000-person line.
The first corona19 confirmed in Korea was reached on the 13th (1,30 people) for the first time in nearly 11 months since January 20th, and it is crossing the 1,000 mark every day.
In particular, infections in the non-metropolitan area are becoming more and more serious.
Among the 1,53 new confirmed cases today, 1,29 were local outbreaks, of which 337 were confirmed in the non-metropolitan area, accounting for 32.8%.
This is the first time that there have been more than 300 confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area since the’first pandemic’ in Daegu and Gyeongbuk in February and March.
The seriousness of the recent Corona 19 situation is indicated by key indicators such as weekly statistics.
For the last week (12.13-19), the number of new confirmed cases is 1,30 → 718 → 880 → 1,78 → 1,14 → 1,62 → 1,53 on a daily basis (as of 0:00 on the announcement date) Etc., and an average of 976.4 people occurred per day.
In particular, the number of confirmed local outbreaks, which is a key indicator of the adjustment of the distance-taking stage, recorded an average of 948.9 people per day, recording 1,000 people → 682 people → 848 people → 1,54 people → 993 people → 1,36 people → 1,29 people during this period. I did it.
If it is the current spreading trend, it is expected to soon exceed 1,000 people.
The number of deaths and severely ill patients is also rapidly increasing and the situation is getting worse.
As of this month, 133 people were diagnosed with Corona 19 and died during treatment or were confirmed after death.
On the 16th, 22 people died during the day, the highest since the coronavirus outbreak.
The number of severely ill patients also surged, increasing to 275 as of yesterday, an increase of 29 per day.
In a situation where the number of confirmed cases is rapidly increasing, the percentage of patients with’unknown infection route’ also rises day after day, and the’red light’ is on.
Of the 11,184 new confirmed cases that occurred from the 5th to yesterday, 2,830, or 25.3%, are investigating the path of infection.
This means that 1 out of 4 confirmed cases do not know when and where they were infected.
Due to the nature of Corona 19, it is the most important to find infected people early, but the later the initial response is, the more’n-th spread’ that leads to the second and third cycles occurs, and the size of the confirmed cases increases like a snowball.
There is a high possibility that the number of corona 19 confirmed cases will increase for the time being.
As of yesterday’s 0 o’clock, the number of people waiting for the test results is 126,000.
If you simply substitute the cumulative positive rate of 1.33% (48,570 out of 3646,000 people) and calculate it, at least 1,679 confirmed cases can come out of the pretesters.
The quarantine authorities have decided to further strengthen the management of the quarantine blind spots to dampen the current spread.
First of all, hold’em pubs, where drinking and playing card games, were banned from business for ten days from today to the 28th, which is a ban on groups.
In unmanned cafes, no sitting or eating in the store is prohibited.
Prevention measures related to ski resorts, a major winter sport, will also be strengthened.
The government is planning to request the local governments to suspend ski resort operations in the non-metropolitan area, where Phase 2 of Distance Distance is currently in effect, after 9 PM.
This corresponds to step 2.5.
The government is also continuing to review plans for a three-step upgrade.
However, it is planned to make the decisions carefully as possible, taking into account the enormous damage that self-employed and small business owners will suffer when upgrading to the third stage, but even if the upgrade to the third stage, detailed measures will be adjusted to minimize the damage.
Regarding detailed measures, it is reported that internal discussions are underway over measures such as allowing the purchase of daily necessities at large supermarkets and traditional markets, and allowing only packaging and delivery for restaurants, like cafes.
Experts point out that the step 3 upgrade is already late and it is time to think about’Step 3 + α’.
Eun-mi Chun, professor of respiratory medicine at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, said, “Considering the size of the currently hidden infected person, the peak of this epidemic will rise further.” “In addition to upgrading the third stage, we need to consider additional measures to substantially reduce human contact. “I said.
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